The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-13
SOME JULY MAGAZINES.


Azine begins with this issue.
The colored supplements issued by the Art In
tsrchange are of excellent character and finish
That with the issue OF June Is is landscape
composition that will serve admirably as study.
There is profusion of other designs with this
issue, and the text is of its usual practical char
acter. No. 81 West Twenty second street, New
York.
Outing for July opens with sketch by W.
r. Hamilton. of the Fifth Artillery u. s. A..
entitled ION the March, which is written in so
attractive way that a charm is given to soldier
life which probably does not exist in reality.
ION the Billow" is an amusing account OF q
yachtvoy age taken by man who not sailor
James Recalton tolls of his experience in the
active regions. "Fidee" is the title prefxed to
the history of horse which won race under
false pretenses. Captain R F. Coffin describes
the horrors of being abandoned in mid ocean.
Charles q. ID. Roberts gives a little of his ex-
perience IN the Saguenay river. w. Fl. Hender-
talks about Long Branch, and @. Bowyer
Vaux continues his history of American canoe
ing Some pretty verses on the Magnolia are
contributed by Jerome Burnett. lao Nassau
street, New York
An excellent portrait OF Edward Everett Hale
forms the frontispiece Of. Scribner's Book Buy
for July. Some specimen pages and illustra
tons from q number of forthcoming volumes
from different houses serve to give fair idea of
what the books will De.
Everything, from the medical treatment and
moral training of children to their food and
dress and amusements is treated Of in baby
hood. Az all mothers are. unfortunately. not
qualified by instinct training to care for their
infants properly, the information contained in
the successive numbers of this magazine must
necessarily be of much value TO those who study
its pages carefully. Beekman street, New
York. @s.a.t-s
The July Tattler Qndianapols) contains in q
supplement sheet brief record of the proceed
ines of the writer's convention and promises to
give in full, in its August issue, several of the
papers read on that occasion. Gerald Mcguire
Blake. Nina Kemp Osan; sarah y .Bolton.
contributors to this number. a4.f
In the way of practical advice the July num-
Der Of the Writer (Boston) contains some rules
to be observed in preparing matter for the mail,
suggestions as to the best hours of literary
work. an argument in favor of short hand for
ministers and new method of arranging news
paper clippings. This plan seems very simple,
and will be welcomed by those who have
ried of the unsatisfactory scrap-book. One
tributor makes some criticisms on the work of
proof-reader and compositor and the compositor
also states his side of the case "Real and
Imaginative Sensibility" and London Writers"
are the subjects of other contributions. This
little magazine cannot fail to be Of great assist
ance young writers, and offers many useful
suggestions TO more experienced workers
The current number of the Indiana Medical
Journal edited from No. 10 West Ohio street,
by Drs. +. A. Ferguson and A. W. Brayton,
contains an article by DIR. w. B. Fletcher, super
intendsnt of the Hospital for Insane. on "Cere-
bral Circulation in the insane" based on autop-
sizes at the asylum, in which it is claimed that
many mental derangements are due to an altered
blood supply to the brain. DR.. w. j. Cheno-
weth, Of Decatur, IL, has an article on Anti
septic Surgery" DIR. W. w. Wishard reviews
the opinions of the medical press the
treatment for consumption. DR.. A w. Brayton
treats the subject of 'Eruptions on the Face" at
length. With this number the Journal closes
5ts fifth volume and sixtieth issue. sending out
E co., a boom edition, to physicians. There
fare twenty-four pages of reading matter and
tweEty-seven of advertising, including eleven !
medical colleges, of which only two are in Indi-
ana The editorial department. of this journal
is spicy and vigorous. In typographical work
and appearance the Journal leaves nothing TO be
desired.
The clearly printed pages of the English Illus
trated Magazine might well serve n model for
some American publications which pride them
selves their typographical excellence. The
Illustrations, too. have attractiveness pecu-
iiariy their own, those representing various
views in wheat field being especially notice
able in the July number. The upening chap
tiers Of new story sy Marion en-
Macmillan & Co., New York
Literary Notes.
Mrs. Sarah Louise Saunders. one of the editors
VI the New York magazine Dress has in
preparation compilation OF ''Festus.D
The Century Company has issued its second
number of its beautiful edition of Battles of the
Civil War There will be thirty numbers in
ali. Price so cents each ~
Professor Shaler's article on 1.-THE Variability
Of the Atmosphere" in Scribner's Magazine for
August. will contain reproductions OFFS photo
graphs taken Immediately after disastrous tor
nadoes in the West, which show grades of de-
struction from centre to circumference of eorna-.
does and the explosive effect Of air contaipsd
In hollow walls.
An important land entertaining article will he
contributed by John NJ. Ward, of the New
York Ball Club. TO Lippincott's for August. II
discusses the question. lis the Baseball Player
Cnattelr from the stand point of law, reason, 4
and equity, and boldly attacks the preaent sys-
tenn of reserving, selling and loaning players in
both the League and the Association.
Messrs.s q. P. Putnams Sons announce
among their first autumn publications: SrThe
Land of Sleepy Hollow" aseries of photoeravure
representations of the scenes about the home of
Washington Irving. together with a reprint of
Irvings Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the
Chronicle of Wolferts Roost The edition is
letter press. aud is limited to 600 coolies.
Macmillan g. Co. announce a curious work by
Henry T. Finck, music editor of the Evening
Post, entitled Romantic Love and Personal
Beauty; Their DEVELOPMENT, Causal Relations,
dency OF MIR. Finck's facts and deductions is to
show that romantic love las distin qnished
from conjueal affection) is modern sentiment.
only about 600 years old"
The publishers of "Babyhood- have issued. for
gratuitous. distribution, neat pocket pamph-
ct, containing couple of articles, reprinted
from the magazine which are especially timely
Just now-viz.: Summer Complaint" and
''The Value of Water in Early Life" both By
physicians of high standing. A postal card RS
puest from any to Box 1923, New York, will
bring copy by return mail
Lee & Shepard Boston, are nearly ready to
publish what they claim very remarkable
book. 9x6a containing 5S7 pages, compiled By
DR.. J. @. Street. A. B. N. Fellow of the S s.
:. and OF the Brotherhood T. z. r.. r. e. H., aud
Ii entitled THE Hidden Way Across the Thresh-
pld" The key note of this work is that struck
long since by Pythagoras and by the Egyptians,
In their theory that the soul was the seed of the
kplrlt fruil. coming from fha divinn Los and i